City police must retain 3 officers hired with grant, look to add more

12:46 AM,
Nov. 10, 2013

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When Lancaster officials present their budget for 2014, it will include funding from the city's general fund for three more police officers than in past years.

That's because a 2011 grant that allowed the officers to be hired is set to expire, but the terms of the grant require cities to keep the officers on board for at least one more year. In 2011, the department hired three officers through a $523,000 Community Oriented Policing Services grant from the U.S. Department of Justice.

"The three-year grant expires this year, and the police department will need to increase (its) budget to keep the ...